THIS IS WHY they are known as the 'greatest generation'.

IT ONLY TOOK 75 YEARS ...

... to go from the greatest generation to the dumbest generation.

When did evolution become devolution?

D-DAY BY THE NUMBERS, and by the men. "There are damned few of those people left, their numbers shrinking daily. Don't forget them."

SUBSTITUTE 'DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISM' FOR 'EVIL' and you'll be surprisingly close to the 2020 Democrat presidential campaign theme.

BERNIE SANDERS: Soviet Union and Venezuela are not examples of failed socialism.

True. They're examples of successful socialism.

IF ONLY: Congress passes, Trump signs new law to push Hollywood into the Pacific Ocean. It will join the eastern Pacific Garbage Patch.

YOU CAN'T CRITICIZE US: We're progressives.

NOT SO: Study concludes Twitter is making us more stupid.

Twitter just lets the stupid prove themselves to a wider audience.

THIS IS NEWS? Socialists crave power, not equality.

THEY’RE GOING TO GET MORE TRUMP. Good and hard.

AS A GENERAL RULE, the Left accuses its opponents of doing what the Left is already doing.

Real coups against democracies rarely are pulled off by jack-booted thugs in sunglasses or fanatical mobs storming the presidential palace. More often, they are the insidious work of supercilious bureaucrats, bought intellectuals, toady journalists, and political activists who falsely project that their target might at some future date do precisely what they are currently planning and doing—and that they are noble patriots, risking their lives, careers, and reputations for all of us, and thus must strike first.

True. Follow the link.

VICE PRESIDENT PENCE: ‘Their duty was to serve. Our duty is to remember’.

IMPRIMIS: Sacred Duty.

Every headstone at Arlington tells a story. These are tales of heroes, I thought, as I placed the toe of my combat boot against the white marble. I pulled a miniature American flag out of my assault pack and pushed it three inches into the ground at my heel. I stepped aside to inspect it, making sure it met the standard that we had briefed to our troops: “vertical and perpendicular to the headstone.” Satisfied, I moved to the next headstone to keep up with my soldiers. Having started this row, I had to complete it. One soldier per row was the rule; otherwise, different boot sizes might disrupt the perfect symmetry of the headstones and flags. I planted flag after flag, as did the soldiers on the rows around me.

Bending over to plant the flags brought me eye-level with the lettering on those marble stones. The stories continued with each one. Distinguished Service Cross. Silver Star. Bronze Star. Purple Heart. America’s wars marched by. Iraq. Afghanistan. Vietnam. Korea. World War II. World War I. Some soldiers died in very old age; others were teenagers. Crosses, Stars of David, Crescents and Stars. Every religion, every race, every age, every region of America is represented in these fields of stone.

Tom Cotton's Imprimis speech is taken from his book Sacred Duty: A Soldier's Tour at Arlington National Cemetary describing his tour with the Old Guard.

UPDATE & BUMP TO TOP: Tom Cotton's sacred duty.

THANK YOU, WREATHS ACROSS AMERICA: Rolling Thunder offered $200k donation to help continue famed DC motorcycle ride.

Donate, please. I am.

MICHAEL RAMIREZ explains Memorial Day.

SEEN AT A LOCAL CHURCH:

Enough said.

“IF YOU WANT TO THANK A SOLDIER, be the kind of American worth fighting for.”

Found at this Instapundit post.

PJ MEDIA'S MORNING BRIEFING: Memorial Day Edition.

Among all this links, the top two involve Rolling Thunder. I hope President Trump can keep his promise for 2020.

AMERICA'S HONOR: PowerLine has reposted a 2007 Wall Street Journal observance of Memorial Day. It's a worthy read once again.

MEMORIAL DAY 2019:

Remember the sacrifices; fly the Stars & Stripes.